Spitzkoppe 3/10

Mon, 6th April
Spitzkoppe is about 1700m high. Nice scramble with some demanding way finding. But with Theo all went well.
It was a nice change after all that safari animal hunting.
Dorob National Park. It is pretty much just dessert. Long drive though Namib Dessert to reach Henties Bay.
It is strange to drive hours through the dessert and suddenly once you arrive you see traffic signs again.
We stopped at Henties Bay to enjoy some great seafood at Fishy Corner before heading to Cape Cross to see the seals, There were thousands there and it stinks there like hell. Many baby seals and old seals which haul like crazy.
The Namib shoreline has become known as the skeleton coast, it is also referred to as a ship's graveyard because of the treacherous nature of the coast. While many ships have been wrecked, there are very few that remain intact. The Zeila wreck is one of the most intact wrecks along the entire Namibian coastline.
We stopped to by to see that 400 ton bottom trawler.Read more